Patterns of health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Care patterns among patients diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma remain poorly defined.Cluster analysis was performed on patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma to assess time from diagnosis to death spent in different care settings (home self-care-dominant[HSC], acute in-hospital care-dominant[ACS], hospice care-dominant[HC] or mixed home and hospice care[MHH]).Among 32,816 patients, most belonged to the HSC group (n = 13,459, 41%),...